On October 31, 2025, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) released the 2025 Draft Electoral Decree, a comprehensive 103-page document featuring over 400 articles. The decree, which is now open for public consultation, mandates diaspora voting and ensures women’s participation in the electoral process through incentives for political parties. Political actors and civil society organizations are invited to collect printed copies of the document from the CEP offices in Pétion-ville and submit feedback by November 10, 2025. Key provisions include Article 6, which grants the CEP authority over electoral operations both domestically and in Haitian diaspora communities, and Article 140, which requires political parties to include at least one woman in their Senate candidate lists per department. Additionally, Article 138 mandates that 30% of National Assembly candidates must be women, with parties exceeding 50% receiving increased state funding. The decree also introduces discounted registration fees for women, candidates with disabilities, and those with advanced academic degrees. The draft decree will undergo revisions based on feedback before being published in the official gazette, ‘Le Moniteur.’